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The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

In Practice. To proceed; to be entered. A verdict or judgment is said "to pass for" a party where it is delivered in his favor. This term is directly taken from the old French passer. In Conveyancing. To go from one person to another; to be transferred. "The names of things by which they pass in assurances.'' Hale, Anal. § xxiv. " By what names things pass." Id. § xxxv. To convey or transfer. "To pass an estate." "Effectual words to pass the interest." Id. § xxxv. "The passing of estates."

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